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Mary McGonigal

@marymcgonigal.bsky.social

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I’m not a Botticelli Venus just a wee person in Scotland who thinks that each of us has to choose unity and peace in our own life. I’m choosing to focus on beauty, truth and joy because I believe that only an open loving heart can heal us and our Earth 🌎.

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Mary McGonigal @marymcgonigal.bsky.social · Mar 23

I started this account because I have come to the conclusion that each of us has to commit personally to peace for it to happen.
Not after this, or after that, or when so and so does this or what’s her name does something else.
I am starting with me.
I commit to peace.
Do you want to join me?

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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 9m

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of the Common Room in Minard Castle near Inveraray. A Georgian house built by Archibald Campbell of Knockbuy, born 1693, died 1790 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/09/old-...

Old Photograph Common Room Minard Castle Scotland

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MaTT FLaMMaBLe @mattflammable.bsky.social · 18h

My nine year-old daughter has an amazing green thumb, but when these stubborn sunflowers just wouldn’t bloom, it made her really sad.

But she didn’t give up. She made sure they had the right amount of water and sun for months, always tending.

And now, as fall fades, they finally bloomed.

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Mary McGonigal @marymcgonigal.bsky.social · 12m

On now

#art

www.mctears.co.uk/auction/deta...

Chinese, Japanese & East Asian Art

www.mctears.co.uk

Mary McGonigal @marymcgonigal.bsky.social · 22m

The video highlighted below is interesting and coherent

‘Strong man’ Putin is weakly human after all

Very worth listening to

#Russia
#Putin

wastrying.bsky.social @wastrying.bsky.social · 57m

Ukraine’s Military is Becoming INSANELY Powerful

Paul Warburg Oct 19, 2025
We've seen other things throughout the war - especially "accidents" meeting Russian oligarchs. In this video, I put it all together to show how paranoid Vladimir Putin really is

youtu.be/SsOVaITpvi4?...

I’ve Never Seen Putin This Paranoid

YouTube video by Paul Warburg

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Mary McGonigal @marymcgonigal.bsky.social · 42m

Trump has begun appearing in my dreams

At first I was surprised
Shocked even

There was some fear
But essentially he was
ridiculous and unattractive

Now he’s popping in and out
of differing scenarios
and is
more or less normal
but uninteresting

I kid you not

I won’t miss him when he goes

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Inga Hansen @ingahansen.bsky.social · 18h

Lack of food, water and medical care. Several had miscarriages and infections—this is our pro-life party folks.

Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention

The American Civil Liberties Union is alleging that pregnant detainees being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Louisiana and Georgia are being mistreated and receiving inadequa...

apnews.com

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Paul Huttner @paulhuttnerweather.bsky.social · 16h

We clipped what could be the last crop of dahlias at the Weather Lab today.
Freezing temperatures are likely the next two mornings. Coldest nights of fall so far ahead.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (Very scary) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 7h

The wild thing about recovering from Trauma is that you get to watch your brain regain focus in real time, like fogged up glasses slowly clearing up

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2h

Gray-haired man in civilian coat runs into flames at Kharkiv kindergarten hit by Russian drones y'day. Emerges with child—pink pants and slippers visible under his jacket. Goes back in.

2 journalists recognized him 👇

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 1h

Ninety-nine per cent of scientists believe in human-related climate change. So why does the general public lag so far behind?

If people don't trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change?

www.bigissue.com

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Emilia (halloween name) @lazerwalker.com · 19h

If folks have not encountered yoga nidra, I can’t recommend it enough as an ADHD-friendly form of mindfulness.

It’s mechanically akin to a rapid body-scan meditation, but it’s far more conceptually interesting, as the goal is “keep consciousness awake and focused while the body physically rests”.

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Mary McGonigal @marymcgonigal.bsky.social · 1h

La Pietà

by Michelangelo Buonarroti
(1475-1564)

in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome

Pietà means pity or compassion

The marble statue may be seen
as a symbol
of the human response
to
unjust suffering

#art

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Law of One @lawofone.bsky.social · Aug 29

The inner light is that which is your heart of being. Its strength equals your strength of will to seek the light.

#14act/57#14" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/ra-contact/57#14

The Ra Contact: Session 57

The teachings of the Law of One, a profound trance channeling with a focus principally upon philosophy and timeless spiritual principles.

www.llresearch.org

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Mary McGonigal @marymcgonigal.bsky.social · 3h

I wondered how long it would take

In the religion of some
not only do they exclusively know ‘God’s’ wishes

But in their absolute control of matters spiritual
they know precisely
who may pray together

Religion as a *non-spiritual*
attitude and activity

#history

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

King Charles should abdicate if he prays with the Pope, says Kyle Paisley

The son of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) founder Ian Paisley says the King would not be

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 15h

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of a steam train leaving the railway station in Perth, #Perthshire. The station was opened as Perth General by the Scottish Central Railway in 1848 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/05/old-...

Old Photograph Steam Train Leaving Perth Perthshire Scotland

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Cass @cdunseth.bsky.social · 15h

I love the way the mossy branches bend.

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claimedtobe @claimedtobe.bsky.social · 18h

under pressure
youtu.be/9wt78vnPucQ?...

Annie Lennox & David Bowie - Under Pressure + rehearsals

YouTube video by professorenol

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Your pissed off grandma @anomaly100.bsky.social · 16h

No words needed.

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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 11h

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yeehaw poems 👑 @yeehawpoems.bsky.social · 20h

Sometimes
the crinkling leaves
might actually
be whispering
your
name

#poetry

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Kathy Enriquez @thekatacombs.bsky.social · 17h

I hate days with appointments. It's so hard to do anything else because all I can do is look at the time and hope I leave on time and then my stomach is in knots haha. It's so annoying! Like I got things to do dammit!

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Happy Hippie Soul @happyhippiesoul.bsky.social · 1d

Great impact often begins in small, humble ways 🍯✨
#HappyHippieSoul #InspireChange #MindfulLiving #BeeLove
#Inspiration

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Beachbatcher 99 @beachbatcher.bsky.social · 1d

This little guy came to see me as I filled up and reminded me that beauty is everywhere, even in a harsh world, if we remember to look for it. #Nature #Photography #Peace 🦋🌸

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 13h

I moved across continents seven times before I was eighteen. three times in middle school. & I was told I was lucky to live this expatriate life. but now I have a kid & I think about what a move to even another state would do to her & I realize my childhood was very traumatic.

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Mrs M @mrsmhere.bsky.social · 20h

Took an extended lunch break today to enjoy the #autumn colours before the coming winds and rain blow the foliage away.
The river Wear in the #Durham area is lovely in any season, but particularly so in elusive autumn sunshine. 😊

#FinchalePriory

Ruins of Finchale Priory on the banks of the river with autumn trees on the opposite bank.

The river Wear, Finchale Priory ruins and autumn foliage in sunshine.

The river Wear with sun shining through autumn leaves.

Autumn foliage colours on the banks of the river with a footbridge in the distance.

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